Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

The rare and inexplicable Puberty Syndrome is thought of as a myth. It is a rare disease which only affects teenagers, and its symptoms are so supernatural that hardly anyone recognizes it as a legitimate occurrence. However, high school student Sakuta Azusagawa knows from personal experience that it is very much real, and happens to be quite prevalent in his school.

Mai Sakurajima is a third-year high school student who gained fame in her youth as a child actress, but recently halted her promising career for reasons unknown to the public. With an air of unapproachability, she is well known throughout the school, but none dare interact with her—that is until Sakuta sees her wandering the library in a bunny girl costume. Despite the getup, no one seems to notice her, and after confronting her, he realizes that she is another victim of Puberty Syndrome. As Sakuta tries to help Mai through her predicament, his actions bring him into contact with more girls afflicted with the elusive disease.

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Sakurajima, Mai Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Azusagawa, Sakuta Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Futaba, Rio Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Azusagawa, Kaede Supporting

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Koga, Tomoe Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Makinohara, Shouko Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Toyohama, Nodoka Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Kunimi, Yuuma Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Kamisato, Saki Supporting

Akaneya, Himika Japanese

Hanawa, Ryouko Supporting

Aikawa, Natsuki Japanese

Kida, Kazuya Producer

Yokoyama, Shuko Producer

Masui, Souichi Director, Storyboard

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

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Aug 5, 2024

D_1_0

Recommended

After few months ago I watched this anime and when I first watched it I gave it a 10 but while it is a really good anime it does have some flaws. Mai the main girl's puberty syndrome is really interesting and has some memorable moments. But my favourite character by far in the anime Rio Futaba,although the way they make her explain the puberty syndrome is weird I think they should have explained differently. Anyway, I won't say much but Futaba's story but it's the reason I love her as a character. To conclude, This is in my Top 5 romance animes I've watched ... so far(even though it's more of a drama).

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 22, 2024

lycoping

Mixed Feelings

Now that I've finished this anime, I'm wiping my old review (which turned out to be premature) and trying again.

Sakuta walks into a library and sees a girl in a bunny suit (a bunny suit which rarely seen again). It turns out no one can see her. So goes Sakuta's adventures in helping a few different girls out with their "puberty syndrome", a completely made up quasi-supernatural plot device where teenagers have weird supernatural things happen to them.

So, we'll start with the positives, of which there aren't all that many. First, the art and animation is pretty good. It's set in ... Enoshima, and the animation was good enough I immediately recognized enoden, and some of the locations were also easily recognizable and very well drawn. So, there's that. Also, while it starts out very slow, after about episode 4, the story picks up a little, and ends up being not as bad as you might think if you stop there. And Koga and Kaede are cute. Oh, also, the male character has a spine as weak as it might be. That's unusual for MC protagonists.

Also, some things in the beginning could easily be *really* offputting, but there are explanations that make at least some sense towards the end.

And that's all the good stuff I have to say about it.

Now for the not so good stuff (and get that "confused" emoji out, you're gonna need it).

This anime is pretty much incomprehensible.

"Puberty syndrome" is used as a cover for supernatural events, which is fine, but the issue is that the so-called "brainy" character (Futaba, who seems to spend most of her time in the science lab making coffee using bunsen burners and glassware) explains it using pseudo quantum physics. Whoever wrote this had no idea how quantum physics work, what it is, or even more unforgivably how to explain it. I listened to all of the explanations, and at the end of them, I was no less confused than I was when I started. It would have just been better to say "stuff happens, pray and clap". At least it would have been more consistent. As it stands, the story was so confusing I actually ended up going to a fandom site just to understand what the heck happened. And just so you know, I understand quantum physics on a somewhat high level. This wasn't quantum physics.

Also, while the characters mellow out just a little, and some of the more objectionable behavior is neatly explained away in a Bill Murray like manner, they aren't very likable, especially in the beginning. Sakurajima is a tsundere and is particularly obnoxious at the beginning, being almost completely incapable of communicating with the male MC in any normal human way. She manages to get past that towards the end, but it's still really offputting. The male MC, Sakuta, is something of an unapologetic pervert, and kind of comes across as creepy most of the time. They somewhat manage to avert that, but it's a close thing.

Also, calling it "bunny girl senpai" is pretty much false advertising. She wears the outfit exactly twice.

Anyway, I guess I kinda see why people might like this anime. I don't see why people are rating it so highly. Maybe this is one of those things where enough pseudo-intellectual gibberish, delivered sincerely, makes people think they're smart and watching something deep, when it's actually just well delivered nonsense.

Anyway, I'm vacillating between "mixed feelings" and "not recommended". I think I've settled on "mixed feelings", but it's a close thing. Maybe you'll like it. My opnion is it's a big fat meh.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 9, 2024

Anaxii

Not Recommended

Overall this anime mainly talks about teenage girls who are facing puberty and a lonely hinedere boy, almost disliked by everyone, who magically solves all their problems because they can't seem to fix them themselves. It all started when the main character encounters that schoolgirl actress disguised who tells him about her problem and since then, a romance story had just begun.

The story itself is pretty shaky, but that's not without adding other major issues found in many anime such as unnecessary sexualized scenes and jokes, annoying harem tropes, incest teasing, unmemorable characters and many others. It just felt like the author has never spoken ... to a woman in his life because apart from giving the conclusion that women have problems and a man, even if he's a jerk, has to be there to solve them, I don't know the moral of this. The fact that there's this concept of "Puberty Syndrome" is not a bad idea, but I had the feeling that the anime surfed more on the excesses I mentioned, which is unfortunate.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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